Category: Uncategorized

This cornerstone course has seven sessions and presents the central points  of the Buddhist worldview. Led by Dan Black and Michelle Tae, this class covers the Budda’s cornerstone teaching, the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. M’tae is an ordained chaplain and longtime teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hahn, and Dan has […]

To close out the year, the Boise Mahamudra group invites you to morning meditation and reading of the Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra, on Saturday, Dec. 31, from 9 a.m. to noon at the BIBS Shrine Room. The prayer was composed by the Third Gyalwang Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. We will alternate the reading of each verse with […]

1 – 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at the BIBS Room, 660 N. 9th Street (downstairs & to the right) Cost is by donation only. Please register by sending a note to Dan. If you have questions, send via email. Meditation involves developing attention skills. It need not be presented in a religious context. This class […]

Paul Dragone will lead the Introduction to Buddhism 050 class for the fourth winter in a row. This five-week course explains the basic foundation of a Buddhists’ perspective. Learn about the historical Buddha and how his teachings enriched millions of lives for two millennia. The course also explores how Buddhism embraces compassion for all beings and relieves mental suffering and inner conflict. When: Wednesday […]

Sunday Guided Meditations at 11 a.m. at BIBS will continue on Christmas Day and New Years Day. On Sunday, January 1, the session will include Vajrasattva practice to purify karma for the New Year, (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Open to all, this is a Vajrayana Buddhist practice. It uses a stylized meditation technique to purify karma and establish a […]

The Treasure Valley Dharma Friends presents teachings from a Tibetan monk, scholar, humanitarian and spiritual mentor, Geshe Phelgye, during the Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25-27, 2016 at the BIBS Center, 660 N 9th Street. The event will focus on purification practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Geshe will teach the Vajrayana practice of Vajrasattva, a meditational technique in  accord with […]

An Hour of Reflection on Loving Kindness and Equanimity, Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 7 to 8 p.m. sponsored by the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple and First Congregational Church. Details: respite

The topic is “Trajectory” and will include discussion of his eight-month retreat. From 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016 At the Boise Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship 6200 N Garrett Street, Garden City More details: trajectory.

Empty Gate Zen Center presents Zen Priest Jason Quinn. He received his “inka” teaching authority in 2015 at the Providence Zen Center. He trained as a monk for nine years, during which he sat many retreats and has studied and taught at many places around the world. In 2008 he relocated to Berkeley, California, where […]

BIBS presents Buddhist View 200, which explores the Six Paramitas or transcendent attitudes, starting this Sunday, Oct. 9. This class illuminates the Mahayana motivation with teachings that comprise the second turning of the wheel of dharma, presented by Dan Black. The six practices are generosity, patience, ethics, joyous effort, concentration and wisdom. These virtuous qualities […]